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+#!/bin/sh
+ticker_length=5 # words
+
+# Echo the text the ticker should scroll over. No newlines!
+init_ticker() {
+ echo $(fortune | tr -d '\b\r\\' | tr -s '\n\t\v\f' ' ' | tr -s '"' "'")
+}
+
+# Cut up text for ticker tape.
+gen_ticker() {
+ echo $(
+ echo $text | cut -d' ' -f$word_index-$((
+ $word_index + $ticker_length - 1
+ ))
+ )
+}
+
+while true; do
+ # If ticker text is empty, re-initialize text and word index. Then generate
+ # ticker text.
+ [ -z "$ticker_text" ] && word_index=1 && text=$(init_ticker)
+ ticker_text=$(gen_ticker) && ((word_index += 1))
+
+ # Print i3status header string.
+ printf ",[{"
+
+ # Print ticker tape JSON.
+ printer "$ticker_text" "left" 250
+
+ # Print the rest of the status string.
+ echo "${line#,\[}"
+ #printf "%s" $line
+
+done